Greetings Doves,

     There is a day described in scripture wherein a vigil (24 hour) is to be kept:

Exodus 12:41-43 (New International Version)
41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD's divisions left Egypt. 42 Because the LORD kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the LORD for the generations to come.  43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the regulations for the Passover: "No foreigner is to eat of it.

The phrase "First day of the week", IS NOT FOUND IN THE VORLAGES. The vorlage Greek manuscripts DO NOT contain the words "day" - emera, or "week" - heptad or hebdomos!! Instead The account of the women speak of the first light or twilight ON THE Sabbos, (SHABBAT). The Greek word Sabboton, (os) etc is the STEREOTYPICAL equivalent for SHABBAT and NOT "The First Day of the week"!

     In addition, The Greek grammar is akin to French in references to "former and latter" notation. For instance if I say: "This is a cup and this is a chair". In English we would say the foirmer holds wate,r the latter holds people. In Frence it would be the former holds people and the latter holds water. In Frence the position of "former" is "seen" as a person goes straight back through the sentence, thus encountering the first word "chair",,, hence it's designation as "formerr". Greek is the same. Thus the "first light" is really the last part of the light on Saturday evening - technically still the Shabbat.

     The Bible is a "vectored" book; the same concept consistently appears throughout scripture. Thus we think: The Sabbath was made for man; Pray that your flight not be on the Sabbath, The Son of Man (Yeshua) is Lord of the Shabbat, Jesus healed many on the Shabbat, partly to demonstrate His resurrection could be counted on (an "ultimate" type of healing) to occur on the Shabbat! It's all vectored together. The phrase "On the Lord's Day"  in the Book of Rev CANNOT BE translated in the genetive (possessive case), as the word there is kurike, which means Imperial or Imperial Battle Day; a referent to Armageddon and NOT Sunday.

     The day of coming out of Egypt is the 3rd day of their journey, Abib 16, NOT Abib 14 - Passover. If the people had kept the vigil near the grave there would have been human witnesses to the resurrection at the time of its occurance!

     In Matt Ch 24, Yeshua speaks , "but of THAT DAY and hour knoweth no man",,, The "THAT DAY" has OVER 200 referents in the OT, and it is associated with "The Day of the Lord", i.e. Armageddon. Thus knowledge of the time of rapture is not prohibited!

     Also the day of the 2nd coming is specified by the prophet Daniel!. If a person, is here when the antichrist sets up the "abomination of desolation", that person, if using a 4 year calendar, just count off 1,335 days and voila!, BLESSED IS HE!

     Thus there are no scriptural injunctions on the time of rapture and/or 2nd coming. The injunction applies to "That Day" and even then it may not be permanent as someday the combattants involved will finally know the "day and hour".

     It seems the Exodus (mass departure -- i.e. rapture vigil should be associated with Abib 16 Bikkurim Feast of Firstfruits!

     BaShem Yeshua Sarenu Shalom     TEFE